Because when the quarterback hit rock bottom, he actually played at his very best.

Source: https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/jets-qb-zach-wilson-finally-stepped-up-his-game-was-it-a-transformation-or-a-mirage

But he struggled through a series of low budget movies in the coming years until he hit rock bottom in the late noughties.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11599979/Yellowstone-villain-Wes-Bentley-reveals-battle-heroin-years-landing-starring-role.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

“But I feel like my husband had to go through those things or to hit rock bottom to grow up and to be a great husband and great dad.”

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/affair-husband-wife-infidelity-forgiveness-b2277430.html

Darren (Pine), a pool cleaner from Los Angeles, has hit rock bottom and he doesn’t see an out — that is, until a femme fatale named June Del Rey (Wise) presents him with information he can use to save his beloved Los Angeles from itself.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9926543/toronto-film-festival-2023-tiff-top-movies/

It was then I pronounced to the world I’d officially hit rock bottom!

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/11/harry-potter-stunt-double-david-holmes-interview

‘I went from winning Big Brother to Jeremy Kyle – I hit rock bottom’

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/10/26/big-brother-winner-pete-bennett-jeremy-kyle-19723691/

Katherine said she coped immediately after the operation but during the coronavirus lockdown she hit rock bottom.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-65191667?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Of course, but in order for that to happen, I had to fall, hit rock bottom, lose everything in life, and really be like, ‘Yo, you gotta pick your s**t up.'

Source: https://www.inquisitr.com/kourtney-kardashian-confronts-khloe-kardashians-ex-tristan-thompson-asks-him-if-hes-a-sociopath

Roberts attempted to go to rehab, but it wasn’t until 2012 that he hit rock bottom.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/02/23/jake-the-snake-roberts-on-wwes-ae-biography-redemption/

Several reports also suggest that Aishwarya and Abhishek's marriage has hit rock bottom after Aishwarya was missing from the Diwali bash of Bachchan.

Source: https://www.ibtimes.co.in/big-b-meets-fans-grandson-agastya-nanda-amid-rumours-rift-between-shweta-nanda-aishwarya-rai-864610

This makes it all the more satisfying when Thornton and Margaret both hit rock bottom in their personal lives, only to find their way back to one another.

Source: https://collider.com/north-and-south-richard-armitage/